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Kanzi and Novel Sentences

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Uploaded by on Jan 9, 2009

Kanzi's language comprehension has been demonstrated in research using novel sentences — phrases that preclude the learning of specific responses. Visit www.greatapetrust.org to learn more about Kanzi and the other great apes at Great Ape Trust. To keep up on the latest information from Great Ape Trust, sign up for our enewsletter.

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  • When she was asking him to pour the water in the jelly, he picked up the jelly when she had only got as far as "Pour the water-". So perhaps he didn't quite understand the individual elements of that request, rather the whole.

  • woohoo for kanzi

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  • seconded, requesting shoe on head

  • Shoe on head?

  • It's a he. I bet he understands the word "enough" so he understood correctly that she wanted only a little coke poured.

  • That's wonderful. However (just a small thought) - it seemed to me when you stopped her (?) pouring coke, maybe she would think she had got it wrong.

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